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My journey from BDS activist to Israel educator

My journey from BDS activist to Israel educator

If someone had come to me over six years ago and told me that in my final year of university, I would be graduating from a fellowship programme run by StandWithUs UK, I would have probably called them deluded, maybe even insane.
Yet here I am, over a year later, reflecting on every aspect of what I encountered and experienced as a StandWithUs Emerson fellow.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ali Drabu, is a Muslim student and a graduate of the StandWithUs Emerson Fellowship program 2019/20. A recent graduate from the University of St Andrews in International Relations, he is undertaking a master’s degree in International Security at King’s College London. Ali is a former Member of Youth Parliament, with his work focusing on campaigning against Antisemitism and Islamophobia.

StandWithUs is an international, non-partisan education organization that supports Israel and fights antisemitism. StandWithUs empowers and energizes students and communities with leadership training and educational programs on hundreds of college campuses, high schools, and middle schools. StandWithUs informs through social media, print and digital materials, films, weekly newsletters, and missions to Israel. StandWithUs takes legal action through the StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Los Angeles, the organization has chapters and offices throughout the U.S., Israel, the UK, Canada, Brazil, Argentina and Australia. More at www.standwithus.com. 

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